Protesters with Nazi flags seen outside Disney World: ‘Absolutely disgusting’
A Florida state legislator posted video and images on her social media showing several individuals waving Nazi flags and banners with fascist symbols outside Walt Disney World in Orlando.
Anna Eskamani, who represents parts of the Orlando region in the Florida House of Representatives, posted brief clips on Saturday showing the shocking display from Friday, calling it “absolutely disgusting.”
Shannon Watts, an anti-gun activist, also posted an image which appeared to show the same group of protesters holding up homophobic signs.
Nearby was a banner touting the presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“Two dozen white supremacists are outside the main Disney World entrance in Orlando right now, marching with signs featuring Gov DeSantis’s face, swastikas, the n-word and homophobic slurs,” Watts tweeted.
“This is the 2023 Republican Party.”
The Post has sought comment from Disney World and DeSantis.
It is unclear which organization the protesters are affiliated with.
Disney has been at the center of a political firestorm that has pitted the entertainment giant against the Florida governor, who recently announced his candidacy for the GOP nomination for president.
The company has sued DeSantis after his administration stripped the Mouse House of semi-autonomous control over the specially created tax district that oversees zoning on the land where the theme parks were built.
Disney has alleged that DeSantis violated the company’s First Amendment rights to free expression after it came out against the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation that bars sex and gender identity education for children before the third grade.
Walt Disney World in Orlando is a major destination for LGBTQ visitors during Pride Month.